Whole tone scale piano

1. What is a whole tone scale piano?
2. What are the 2 whole tone scales?
3. What is the pattern of a whole tone scale?

What is a whole tone scale piano?

The Whole Tone Scale (a.k.a. the Augmented Scale) is, as the name implies, built from notes with intervals of a whole note. This is a so-called symmetrical scale, meaning that the interval is the same throughout the scale. A whole tone is the same as two steps on the keyboard – a half tone is consequently one step.

What are the 2 whole tone scales?

The Two Types of Whole Tone Scale

• C whole tone scale.
• Db whole tone scale.

What is the pattern of a whole tone scale?

The whole tone scale is a six-note symmetrical scale, which is built by starting on the tonic note, then moving up in whole steps until you reach the next tonic note, 6 notes away. The whole tone scale is a hexatonic scale, which means it contains 6 notes.